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02-13-2019

...d not enough sacrifice now for the greater good in the future (his message). Last year managed to change a lot and already moving forward pretty well on this year. Keep going I guess.
p.s @Gagi and @jetflag have you watched the Peterson vs Harris Dublin videos?

02-06-2019

jetflag Your arguments are pretty solid and I really don't have anything to add before I educate myself more.
The only thing I might add is that while Buddhism doesn't have a god figure, it's still very spir...

07-23-2013

...eist etc. It claims the unknowable (to the best of present day knowledge) as knowable. When you hit that point you slip off that fence & close yourself. That's when things can become destructive.
jetflag made this contribution in the Atheism thread, helped me understand this all better.
The video will help most:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0T1pIJKji4
The diagrams then help clarify the po...

02-14-2019

Yes. I think its their best... got the impression that, compared to their other debates this was the most fruitfull and open from both sides. also hands down too murray for the excellent and unbiased moderati...

02-13-2019

p.s @Gagi and @jetflag have you watched the Peterson vs Harris Dublin videos?
Yes. I think its their best... got the impression that, compared to their other debates this was the most fruitfull and open fro...

02-07-2019

Oh defo. the common problem with Atheist as a label is that, besides a lack of belief in a deity, sais nothing about anything and is thus utterly useless as a term to label someone with due its multi-interpre...

02-06-2019

@jetflag Your arguments are pretty solid and I really don't have anything to add before I educate myself more.
The only thing I might add is that while Buddhism doesn't have a god figure, it's still very ...

02-05-2019

They way i see it is that his assertion that people generally function best an are able to strife forward when they have a purpose or a ideal is IMO a pretty reasonable one. The problem is Jordan makes ...

Yeah, I think Jordan is more inclined to turn to religion for meaning - even though he acknowledges that God is a personal thing, and that we all have a different one; according to him a God doesn't hav...

Their disagreements as I see them are mainly epistimological and, to a large degree, just semantics. "i mean this by god, yes but i mean that by it"
So far his views on conciousness and being are intrigui...

02-04-2019

How is it so far? He's that famous atheist, right? I know he and Jordan Peterson had some disagreements, so it'd be interesting to see his point of view.
Their disagreements as I see them are mainly epist...

01-21-2019

I would quote that and make an addition and/or proper reply.. but then i realized I completely agreed with that statement and had nothing meaningful to add.
What can I say, I'm a voice of reason. :toj:

01-20-2019

if you don't mind me asking.
why?
why is equality specifically such a virtuous thing in your estimation?
I personally don't like equality at all and am much more in favor of fairness and individuality/di...

I wish I saw a natural equal in both sexes. It's a person that can be limited but don't a particular sex!
if you don't mind me asking.
why?
why is equality specifically such a virtuous thing in your estimatio...

01-18-2019

A friend of mine from India had the same problem.
There has to be somewhat of a scene in place or enough people/zeitgeist to create one otherwise its an impossible swim upstream. The only alternative ava...

01-17-2019

I suppose it highly depends on what specific shape the hobby takes. I can totally imagen browsing vinyl/cd or beatport hours on end to satisfy the “trance addiction.
for me:
Listening wise I do that w...

I will say ITS STANDARD for normal person watching A MOVIE (genre what no matter).
do that I would agree
Example in Trance music, people say FSOE is standard for Trance music. But I think Coldharbour Recordings...

thats fine and noble of you. But regarding the rest of your statement you are in 1, no position to determine the arrousal makeup of the rest of the general "porn watching" populus and consequently 2, no posit...